# Tools #

We provide a list of suggestions of software tools which should be used to
create freedom-respecting and edit-friendly culture. We also define some
'anti-suggestions' of tools which are not suitable for the creation of such
works.

## Criteria for inclusion ##

In order to be included, any software tool must meet the following criteria:

* Be under an [open-source][1] license
* Able to edit and save documents in an [open format][2], or whose format is
  documented sufficiently to provide a 'bug-for-bug' replacement
* Not embed any sort of DRM into works it creates
* Can be used offline (does not require 'cloud' access or a subscription for its
  use)

Ideally, the software tool must also be *cross-platform* (that is, able to run
on multiple operating systems).

## Tools for presentation slides ##

* [LaTeX][4], using [beamer][5] or [powerdot][6]
* [LibreOffice Impress][3]

## Tools for drawing ##

* [Inkscape][7]
* [Krita][8]

## Anti-suggestions ##

### Anything made by Microsoft ###

Microsoft tools of all sorts come from a known patent aggressor, use 
incoherent and incompatible formats, and are generally against everything 
that freedom-respecting culture stands for.

### Anything made by Adobe ###

Adobe are much like Microsoft, but arguably are even worse: they have draconian
DRM policies, as well as the need to have a 'cloud' subscription in order to
make use of their tools.

[1]: https://opensource.org/licenses
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_formats
[3]: https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/impress/
[4]: https://www.latex-project.org/
[5]: https://github.com/josephwright/beamer
[6]: https://www.ctan.org/pkg/powerdot?lang=en
[7]: https://inkscape.org/en/
[8]: https://krita.org/en/
